Overview
OS.walk() generate the file names in a directory tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up. For each directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself), it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames). Paths root : Prints out directories only from what you specified dirs : Prints out sub-directories from root. files: Prints out all files from root and directories
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walkFileSystem.py
Open an text editor , copy & paste the code below. Save the file as walkFileSystem.py and exit the editor. Run the script: $ python walkFileSystem.py
import os
os.system("clear")
print "-" * 80
print "OS Walk Program"
print "-" * 80
print "
"
print "Root prints out directories only from what you specified"
print "-" * 70
print "Dirs prints out sub-directories from root"
print "-" * 70
print "Files prints out all files from root and directories"
print "-" * 70
print "This program will do an os.walk on the folder that you specify"
print "-" * 70
path = raw_input("Specify a folder that you want to perform an 'os.walk' on: >> ")
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
print root
print "---------------"
print dirs
print "---------------"
print files
print "---------------"
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